Wow! Your doing so good!

AND...I have a question for you

I've noticed in all your posts that your doing a lot of classes etc and it seems like a lot of work and the weight is coming off at a good pace, but I was curious as to how many inches you've lost. I would think that with all the classes and gym workouts you would have dropped some major inches.

Just curious!

Keep up the good work!

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Hi Toxic,

Yeah I did lose a lot of inches. My waist size in jeans used to be 32" but dropped down to 27". Also, when I measured my love handle area (placing the measuring tape around my tummy and over my belly button) it was about 38" and that dropped to 34". So now I'm not so worried about the love handle area which is great but I still want to get rid of that "pouch" area. That's what's driving me insane.

BTW, I really have to say that belly dancing really really really worked out my stomach area. I would say that after just one class of belly dancing, I would feel the benefits the very next day as opposed to those crunch machines at the gym.

P.S. I'm extending my goal time frame to the end of August. I'm about 5 lbs away... plus I think the personal training is gonna help.

Yesterday we focused a lot on my shoulders (front, middle, and back), my chest, and my triceps.

We usually do about 3 reps of 12 at each machine.

Here are two pics of what we actually did (I'm still trying to learn the names of the machines... ) P.S. I didn't post all of the exercises.





During our very first workout, we concentrated on legs and lower back...




Leg Extensions


Machine row
BTW, each training session is about 30-mins long.

I hate it when things go wrong....
I signed up for a one-year personal training contract at my local gym and told them to charge the entire enrollment fee to my credit card and charge the monthly fees thereafter to my debit card.

In short, they charged the wrong card and now I'm left with $13.00 in my checking account. I notified them of the mistake yesterday morning and was told that they were working on the problem and should recieve a call back when the issue was resolved. I didn't recieve a call back by the time I got off work. I went to the gym and sat down with the Asst. Mgr that had handled my account. He said that in order for me to receive my refund and have the fees charged to the correct credit card, I would have to contact the corporate office myself.
So I call the corporate office the very next morning and was able to get them to issue me a refund and then charge my credit card; BUT...the actual refund would take 7-10 days to process!!!!

So I have less than $20.00 in my checking account and they want me to wait 7-10 business days to get my funds back? And on top of that, LA Fitness isn't going to compensate me for my frustration or the fact that my account is freezed for almost a week?

Concentration on Abs/Core

Exercise One:
1a. Crunches on a Medicine Ball w/ a 12 lbs. weight



1b. Plank on Medicine Ball - hold for 30 sec.

***After each rep for #1a switch to #1b then vice versa.

Exercise Two:
2a. Leg lifts, 3 reps of 6.... (wish I could've done more but i was sore)

Exercise Three:
3a. Worked on obliques using a roman chair. 3 reps of 20 on ea. side

Exercise Four:
4a. Abdominal Toe Touches with Medicine Ball 3 reps of 6 ( i need to get stronger... )


*The medicine ball was in btwn my ankles and ever time I went up with my arms I had to touch the ball twice.

1. Hack Squat 3 reps (the weights I did, unknown, my trainer didn't tell me)



2. Leg extension 3 reps



3. Seated Calf raises



4. Dead lifts 3 reps



5. Jumping Lunges 3 reps of 20


I'm beat. :thumbsup:

my core area HURTS a lot. =(

When I first started posting here (april) I was 130 lbs. and it's been 3 months so far and I've lost a lot of inches but in terms of lbs...I've only lost 5 lbs. What's up with that? Is 120 lbs. unrealistic for me? Is my body just comfortable at this weight? =/ I don't mind if it is comfy at 125 lbs but I just wanna know so that way I don't keep agonozing over 120 lbs.

BTW, before I started posting here in April...in March I was 138 lbs so did I just plateau?

Any suggestions would help.... I'm really hoping that my personal trainer will push me to lose those last few lbs. and tighten up more.

B: 1 cup of coffee + granola bar
S: handful of almonds
L: 2 spicy tuna rolls + 1 crazy boy roll
S: coffee
D: 2 slices of sausage and pepperoni pizza =(

Exercise: 35 min on elliptical trainer, burned 351 calories

post snack: cliff protein bar

Those spicy tuna rolls sounds yummers dont give the sad face on the pizza. U have been doing great and im sure those 2 slices isnt going to do to much harm on ur diet. keep up the good work u have been making so much progress

Thanks hyperReal. I didn't think the 2 slices would've been that bad either but on my way home from work I felt all disgusting inside. :P

Great FOTD by the way.

hmmmm maybe ur body isnt use to food like that anymore???? i dunno
but i do know how u felt b/c i ate ice cream this past weekend and about an hour after i ate the ice cream i threw it all up.

actually, my body loved it but my head kept saying, "this isn't good!". i guess i psyched myself out after eating the pizza and felt guilty.

yesterday, I met with my PT and we worked on shoulder, chest, and triceps. unfortunately, i still don't know the names of the exercises that we did and couldn't find pics from shapefit. =/

i want to ask my trainer to write down my workouts for me so i can keep track but i'm so shyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

are you paying this person? If so, do NOT be shy!!!

you're right, i shouldn't be shy. :deal: (i'm paying you), hehehe.

yesterday we concentrated on legs....

1. Leg Press 3 reps 110 lbs


2. One legged leg presses 20 lbs / 3 reps


3. Seated leg curls 3 reps 55 lbs


a. all the way down
b. half up and half down

4. Dumbell Rows

It's been really hot and humid where I live so I haven't had quite the motivation to hit the gym and be as active as I normally am.

Yesterday I did some cardio on the crossramp for about 45 mins and burned about 320 cals. I told my trainer that I wanted to lose 2 lbs a wk and he suggested that I try burning 600 cals a day while using the cardio machines. That doesn't sound right to me...if it takes me 45 mins on the crossramp to burn 1/2 of what I'm supposed to then that makes me lose motivation...I don't want to be on the cross ramp for an hour and a half or worse, even longer. boo to that.

Right now I weighed in at 127 and I'm thinking that that pretty much has to deal with the fact that I'm retaining water (just got done with my cycle). I hate the fact that it's damn near august and i'm not even 120 yet. =/

Today I'll most likely hit the gym again and prolly job on the treadmill. I have PT on Weds & Thurs.